General / Off-Topic Why such a furor over question marks? (x10)

[Jaxxus27]

Why such a furor over question marks? (x10) - totally baffled.:S

 

[Ancipital]

WAT???????!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!???????

 

[Whiterose]

Its the gallows humour of this forum. It was meant as a joke. as is spelling furore correctly

 

[Halo Moon]

I'm not sure, what do you think is the issue?

 

[Jaxxus27]

Furor or Furore (which one in UK spelling though)

 

[Schlack]

There are a few mentions of multiple exclamation marks in the books and by Terry Pratchett himself, so it appears this is something he feels fairly strongly about. The basic idea is that a person's sanity is inversely proportional to the number of exclamation marks they use!

http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Multiple_exclamation_marks

the same appears to apply to question marks!

 

[Flappers]

I? Don't? Know? What? You're? Talking? About?

 

[Skip Intro]

Its the gallows humour of this forum. It was meant as a joke. as is spelling furore correctly

Capital letters and apostrophes are also important!

 

[Whiterose]

Checking back, when the forum was first launched, there was a limit of both exclamation marks and question marks. It was due mainly to poor supply and over demand, as such ED sent an edict to restrict their use. There is a glut of both exclamation marks and question marks in Federation space, as they are always trying to make a point and are always asking questions as they dont know what they are doing.
We have been promised in the 1.2 patch that the balance of exclamation marks and question marks will be restored, but only if trading in them becomes balanced.

 

[Korenwolf]

I? Don't? Know? What? You're? Talking? About?

Surely? We should be following BBC english? given the history of the game?

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Capital letters and apostrophes are also important!

cOMPLETELY AGREE!'

 

[Whiterose]

Surely? We should be following BBC english? given the history of the game?

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cOMPLETELY AGREE!'

Its BBC English, and dont call me Shirley.

 

[Skip Intro]

Its BBC English, and dont call me Shirley.

I'll just leave this with you: http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/

 

[Whiterose]

I'll just leave this with you: http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/

Lol, I would rather not use it, than use it incorrectly. I will either get beaten up by the apostrophe protection society, or the apostrophe misuse society

http://groupspaces.com/CUSPAM/

 

[Ancipital]

Checking back, when the forum was first launched, there was a limit of both exclamation marks and question marks. It was due mainly to poor supply and over demand, as such ED sent an edict to restrict their use. There is a glut of both exclamation marks and question marks in Federation space, as they are always trying to make a point and are always asking questions as they dont know what they are doing.
We have been promised in the 1.2 patch that the balance of exclamation marks and question marks will be restored, but only if trading in them becomes balanced.

So it's a side effect of the background sim not working properly?????

 

[Jaxxus27]

Ok Ok enough already, I get the point, don't use the exclamation mark. I can swear, spell incorrectly, use incorrect grammar even use American spellings (God forbid) , but don't use the Exclamation mark.

 

[Cody]

Capital letters and apostrophes are also important!

<nods> As are hyphens!